led, quickened pace and soon 4 lengths clear, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader until ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon clear, comfortable
close up in last place, reminders halfway, weakened 3f out
KEEP KICKING has joined Simon Dow from Jonjo O'Neill and looks to have a good chance of opening his account on the Flat in this. The top weight won a jumper's bumper on the Polytrack over the winter and races off the same mark as when only beaten a length over a similar trip at Warwick in May. Outback, a winner over hurdles last October, is a regular here and has been placed in his last three starts on the track so looks the main danger, though three-year-old Kelvingrove might improve over the longer trip. Lea Valley races from out of the handicap and was tailed off on her reappearance earlier this month.
Keep Kicking (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Led after 1f, headed 3f out, chased leader until over 2f out, lost 3rd well over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 17l behind Presto Volante (9-4) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in May.
Outback (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Tracked leader, reminder 8f out, led over 3f out, soon headed, one pace final 2f, 3rd of 6, 8l behind Baan (8-6) at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jul.
Kelvingrove (IRE) 6-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 6l behind Continuum (10-0) at Haydock 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Lea Valley 20-1 (8-7) Close up, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 37l behind Minority Interest (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f app hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
